Essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Breitbart; Boulder climate activist Wynn Bruce has died from self inflicted injuries, after setting fire to himself outside the US Supreme Court in Washington DC.
Boulder climate activist dies after apparent act of protest outside U.S. Supreme Court on Earth Day
Friend of Wynn Bruce says his actions in Washington, D.C., were planned to “bring attention to climate crisis”
By SHELLY BRADBURY | sbradbury@denverpost.com and NEW YORK TIMES | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2022 at 6:05 p.m. | UPDATED: April 24, 2022 at 6:36 p.m.The Boulder man who set himself on fire in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Earth Day apparently acted in protest of inaction on climate change.
Wynn Bruce, 50, a climate activist, died Saturday, a day after his actions in front of the nation’s highest court in Washington, D.C. He was airlifted for treatment but did not survive.
Kritee Kanko, who described herself as Bruce’s friend and a Zen Buddhist priest in Boulder, said on Twitter that Bruce’s actions were a planned protest.
“This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis,” she said in a tweet.
She declined to comment further when reached by The Denver Post on Sunday, saying she needed time to grieve.
However, she told The New York Times she was not completely sure of Bruce’s motivations, the newspaper reported, saying that “people are being driven to extreme amounts of climate grief and despair” and that “what I do not want to happen is that young people start thinking about self-immolation.”
There are indications that Bruce had contemplated this action for some time.
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Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/24/wynn-bruce-climate-change-self-immolation/
We at WUWT are saddened by the loss suffered by Wynn Bruce’s family and friends.
We urge anyone who feels extreme emotional distress about climate change or anything else to reach out to friends and family, and seek professional counselling.
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Sad. And for what? He was probably a COVIDIAN as well. Leftists are more prone for mental illness. They have a sense of helplessness that fuels their depression and anger.
Brutally Darwinian.
And in doing so temporarily increased his carbon footprint.
Anyone bring marshmallows?
My condolences to his family. Such a mindless loss. I can’t help but to say
I’d be more impressed if he had composted himself.
The evil people promoting the climate “crisis” should be prosecuted for the manslaughter of this clearly unstable individual. Sympathies to his friends and family.
darwin award winner
if he only realized that he could be flying around on a private jet, enjoying champagne, fine meals and hanging with Europes elite instead of setting himself on fire. SMH
I’d encourage more “climate activists” to seek the same sort of protest. Thereby removing themselves from contributing to the CO2 via their preferred modes of transportation, clothing made by the usage of fossil fuels to power the machines making said items, etc. Once done they can no longer be accused of being a hypocrite.
More need to set themselves up to be eligible for the Darwin Awards. I applaud them.
I am going to be brutally cynic here:
Let’s hope climate activists win the race to kill themself in protests, perhaps if they out-do climate deniers 10:1, there is a chance of getting rid of them by their own hands even before climate denier acolytes enter extinction level protection status.
Oddgeir